Afghan child: Promised sanctuary, abandoned, now dead in US custody
A 6-year-old Afghan child died while in US federal custody, raising additional questions about the circumstances surrounding recurrent similar incidents. | A 6-year-old Afghan child -- who was taken to the United States after Washington's hasty withdrawal in 2021 -- died this week while in federal government custody, making it the third such death this year, CBS News reported citing a US official. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the boy's death, which has not previously been made public, claimed that the Afghan child had a fatal disease. The authorities stated that he passed away on June 13. ● The little child was one of hundreds of Afghan children who were taken to the United States without their parents. The Office of Refugee Resettlement was given custody of those children because they were brought into the country without parents or other legal guardians. ● The Afghan boy's death is not an isolated incident, marking the third of an unaccompanied child in HHS custody in 2023.